A KC-46 Pegasus tanker lost its entire refueling boom during an F-22 Raptor refueling mission, causing costly damage.

The US Navy’s Boeing MQ-25 Stingray unmanned air vehicle has demonstrated in-flight refuelling of an F/A-18F Super Hornet for the first time. The US Navy’s (USN’s) Boeing MQ-25 Stingray unmanned air ...

Boeing’s MQ-25 Stingray unmanned tanker test asset T1 has completed its second in-flight refuelling, this time supporting a US Navy Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye. Boeing’s MQ-25 Stingray ...

Military aircraft don't have time to land and refuel on sensitive missions. That's where aerial refueling tankers come in.

The US Navy announced it had successfully completed the first in-flight refueling of a drone, widely increasing the use and range of the unmanned aircraft. In a flight along the eastern coast of the ...

A US military refueling plane taking part in the operation against Iran crashed in Iraq, and rescue efforts were underway, US Central Command said on Thursday (March 12, 2026). The Islamic Resistance ...

A Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, a US military aerial refuelling aircraft, issued a “7700” emergency transponder code while flying over the Persian Gulf near Iran. The signal indicates an in-flight ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KC-10A Extenders served as aerial refueling tankers in the US Air Force from 1981 to 2024. The first KC-10A Extender ever built is ...